Suzuki has adopted a body structure that efficiently absorbs and disperses the forces of impact during a collision. In addition, the Company has achieved both improved safety and lighter weight through the use of a platform that employs high-tensile and ultra-high-tensile steel sheets in a wide range of vehicle elements, as well as through structural analysis using computers.

Image of body structure (model: Swift)

Along with SRS airbags for the driver and front passenger seats, front-seat SRS side airbags and SRS curtain airbags are standard. Six airbags thus stand ready to protect vehicle occupants in the event of a collision impact (excluding certain models, variants and specifications).

Image of car interior during airbag deployment (model: Swift)

All seats have front and rear ELR 3-point seatbelts. The front seat seatbelts have a pretensioner mechanism that almost instantly winds up slack from the seatbelt in the event of a collision, and a variable force limiter mechanism that alleviates the impact of the seatbelt on the chest during a collision.

• *1 Excluding certain models, variants and specifications

Front and rear ELR 3-point seatbelts in operation

Certain vehicle parts such as the bonnet, front wipers and surrounding area, and front bumper, have a shock-absorbing structure. In case of a collision with a pedestrian, these parts are intended to reduce injury to the pedestrian’s head and legs.

As a member of the Japan Motorcycle Promotion & Safety Association, Suzuki dispatches instructors to various motorcycle practical safe riding seminars and holds safe riding technique seminars such as Good Rider Meetings in cooperation with the Motorcycle Safe Riding Promotion Committee.
Also, we are promoting the Motorcycle Anti-Theft Registration activity for registration of motorcycles to prevent theft.
We cooperate with the trainer education and promotion of Motorcycle Safe Riding Special Trainer Training Sessions and the Centralized Training Workshop for Special Trainers organized by the Japan Traffic Safety Association (JTSA) by dispatching expert instructors. Through this cooperation, we seek to raise awareness of motorcycle safety broadly.
August 19 has been determined as Motorcycle Day, as a phonetic reading of the date in Japanese is baiku, the same pronunciation as the word for motorcycle. We hold events and distribute online content to show the joy of riding motorcycles and traffic safety in cooperation with motorcycle industry associations such as the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc. (JAMA).

The Suzuki Under-30 Safety School serves as a riding school for Suzuki motorcycle owners who are under 30 years of age and feel uneasy about riding on public roads or lack confidence despite having a license.
Such instruction is held at driving schools in major cities nationwide and includes classroom sessions and fundamental riding skills practice for riding on public roads. In 2023, this program was held three times, with 38 participants, serving as a school where essential skills for daily riding can be learned in a fun way, and enabling them to learn fundamental skills of accelerating, turning, and stopping through exercises that included techniques for braking and maintaining balance at low speeds.

Suzuki Moto School is a training project for Suzuki motorcycle owners, regardless of their age or the model they ride. The goal of Suzuki Motor Poland sp. z.o.o. is to improve the safety of Suzuki motorcycle users through training. All Suzuki Moto School training sessions are conducted on courses most suitable for skill acquisition.
Training courses to improve motorcycle riding skills are becoming increasingly popular among motorcycle owners year by year. The one-day training sessions at Suzuki Moto School have been conducted for many years by experienced instructors, contributing to the enhancement of rider safety.
In FY2023, nine courses were available for Suzuki motorcycle owners, providing opportunities to improve cornering, braking, and acceleration techniques. In the 2023 school, 283 riders participated.

Suzuki Marine Academy is intended for customers who own yachts (motor and sailing) equipped with Suzuki engines, as well as those who plan to become users of such yachts in the near future. The training program (lectures on the first day, practical training on the second day) is tailored to the participants’ experience. The training is conducted at three levels: basic, intermediate, and advanced, and can be carried out on either motor or sailing yachts. Those interested can also take lessons on their own boats under the guidance of Captain Jakub Szymański, an experienced motorboat and sailing instructor and co-author of two textbooks written in collaboration with Suzuki.

■ Trends in Safe Driving Training Programs conducted

* The number of training programs held in FY2020 decreased due to COVID-19

The Electric Wheelchair Safety Promotion Association was established by manufacturers and sales distributors to promote safe and proper use of motorized wheelchairs for users. It aims to contribute to road traffic safety by promoting safe and proper use of motorized wheelchairs. It also aims for the popularization of motorized wheelchairs. As a member of the association, Suzuki is promoting activities for using motorized wheelchairs with ease.
To enhance the safety of first-time users of motorized wheelchairs, Suzuki is promoting awareness of safe driving by distributing brochures that provide guidance on their proper usage.

■ Number of brochures handed out

Details of brochures can be seen on the Electric Wheelchair Safety Promotion Association website
(Japanese language only).
https://www.den-ankyo.org/guidance/safety.html

The Motorized Wheelchair Safety Instruction Commendation System is a system where the Traffic Bureau of the National Police Agency (NPA) commends those associated with motorized wheelchairs who have proactively provided traffic safety education and promoted PR and awareness-raising activities related to matters such as the safe use of motorized wheelchairs or prevented traffic accidents involving motorized wheelchairs. Suzuki takes an active part in this commendation system as an organizer of the Electric Wheelchair Safety Promotion Association.

■ NPA Motorized Wheelchair Safety Instruction Commendation result